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Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by temptemptemp111 » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 6:56 AM UTC

There's no reason for them not to support Linux besides a deal with Microsoft/Apple. It would enable a lot of creators that can't afford Apple, and they'd sell more licenses than it would cost them to support.

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by tiborsaas » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 6:56 AM UTC

PascLeRasc wrote: post #48

This is incredible, I love it. I've recently switched to using Ableton exclusively for making music, it feels like more of an instrument than a computer program to me. It's so expressive and lets me make the sounds I want to hear as well as things I can't even conceive of. I can't really articulate what it is about Ableton, but I really love it and I'm so thankful that it's around. If anyone wants more, Ableton also…

Did you edit your comment? I don't get the downvotes :/

edit: I don't get the donwvotes on my comment of not getting other peoples downvotes :) Ok, I guess I asked for it :)

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by bauerd » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 7:00 AM UTC

On a side note, this was written (partly) in Elm: https://twitter.com/abletondev/status/861580662620508160

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by fractalf » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 7:15 AM UTC

Ableton is great and paved the way for a more creative and intuitive workflow! I switched from Cubase very early on and never looked back. That is, until I found Bitwig (https://www.bitwig.com) which supports Linux! They also deserve a shout out taking it even further!

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by kristiandupont » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 7:20 AM UTC

fractalf wrote: post #64

Ableton is great and paved the way for a more creative and intuitive workflow! I switched from Cubase very early on and never looked back. That is, until I found Bitwig ( https://www.bitwig.com ) which supports Linux! They also deserve a shout out taking it even further!

Bitwig looks really promising. But how is the VST landscape? Is it even supported?

EDIT: sorry, my question was about whether Linux supports VST. I would assume that Bitwig did at v0.1 :-)

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by MrScruff » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 7:20 AM UTC

S_A_P wrote: post #31

fenwick67 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, were you arranging in the session view and not in the arrangement view?

No- It seemed that when I would try to use arrangement view to string sessions together, they seemed disconnected from the session I was just editing. I basically just end up using Push to sample chop and then move what I find to other software or hardware.

I think the general workflow is session view for initial idea exploration to come up with a set of parts that you can ‘perform’. Then once you are happy you record that into arrangement and finish the track from there. Probably more applicable to loop based music where the arrangement is primarily automation and clip start/stop events though.

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by haywirez » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 7:21 AM UTC

fractalf wrote: post #64

Ableton is great and paved the way for a more creative and intuitive workflow! I switched from Cubase very early on and never looked back. That is, until I found Bitwig ( https://www.bitwig.com ) which supports Linux! They also deserve a shout out taking it even further!

Ableton is a different ballgame if you have the Push interface. Other than that Reaper needs a mention, it is the best DAW[1] in terms of functionality and power. Truly for power-users and not necessarily as a musical idea starter.

[1] http://reaper.fm/

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by jcelerier » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 7:25 AM UTC

kristiandupont wrote: post #65

fractalf wrote: post #64

Ableton is great and paved the way for a more creative and intuitive workflow! I switched from Cubase very early on and never looked back. That is, until I found Bitwig ( https://www.bitwig.com ) which supports Linux! They also deserve a shout out taking it even further!

Bitwig looks really promising. But how is the VST landscape? Is it even supported? EDIT: sorry, my question was about whether Linux supports VST. I would assume that Bitwig did at v0.1 :-)

yes, both vst 2 and vst 3 ; and unlike ableton, bitwig integrates a 32 bit vst bridge and allows to run VSTs in external processes if some are crashy

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by Heliosmaster » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 7:27 AM UTC

Talking about synths, I can definitely recommend VCV Rack [0], an open-source virtual modular synth!

What I mostly love is that through plugins you can find virtual versions of existing hardware modules!

[0]: https://vcvrack.com/

Re: Get Started Making Music

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Post by atoav » Mon, Sep 16, 2019, 7:28 AM UTC

kristiandupont wrote: post #65

fractalf wrote: post #64

Ableton is great and paved the way for a more creative and intuitive workflow! I switched from Cubase very early on and never looked back. That is, until I found Bitwig ( https://www.bitwig.com ) which supports Linux! They also deserve a shout out taking it even further!

Bitwig looks really promising. But how is the VST landscape? Is it even supported? EDIT: sorry, my question was about whether Linux supports VST. I would assume that Bitwig did at v0.1 :-)

Longtime Bitwig user here that switched there after Ableton 9 which I used since the very start.

Bitwig is quite similar to Ableton in terms of capabilities, I never tried this myself, but there seems to be a way (assuming you want Windows VSTs on Linux) https://answers.bitwig.com/questions/624/vst-windows-on-linu...

I am perfectly happy with the built-in stuff however. Because of bitwigs extremely strong modulation engine the standard effects are probably the most powerful and expressive ones out there.